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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 228300" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I don't like it anymore than you do, but that's the world we live in. If CPJ is able to consistently win 10+ games, and we're knocking on the doors of the top 10 every year, GT would see greater interest in our football program and we would get more media attention. </p><p></p><p>In terms of being a "smart school" media darling, maybe we need to do a better job of marketing it. Before every game, the announcers and crew from the TV stations go over talking points about our offense, defense, team as a whole, and any special interest stories they should share with fans during the broadcast. THAT would be a great time to say, "Well, our potential starting B-back had a heck of a week. Marcus Allen had a finals in his chemical engineering classes, barely slept, but tore it up in practice all week! Look for him to have a hell of a game. Heck, most of our guys are enrolled in one of the best business schools in all of the country...how's that for being an SA at an elite institution?!" </p><p></p><p>Another thing that bothers me is how we treat the press. It's funny as fans seeing CPJ take reporters to the carpet, but you reap what you sow. Some fans on here have intimated with pride how CPJ barely speaks to Ken Seguira of the AJC, and how MBob barely acknowledges him. At the end of the day who does that really hurt? When CPJ rips into an ESPN reporter (see Heather Dinich), it's funny, but who is he really hurting? We're not Saban and Alabama who are winning at such a large clip they can pretty much dictate who and what gets access. Our program needs every bit of publicity we can get...but if you're working against the press, you're really working against yourself. If we want exposure, we have to work harder (see: embracing social media, getting into football camps across the Southeast), and work with the press, not against them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 228300, member: 360"] I don't like it anymore than you do, but that's the world we live in. If CPJ is able to consistently win 10+ games, and we're knocking on the doors of the top 10 every year, GT would see greater interest in our football program and we would get more media attention. In terms of being a "smart school" media darling, maybe we need to do a better job of marketing it. Before every game, the announcers and crew from the TV stations go over talking points about our offense, defense, team as a whole, and any special interest stories they should share with fans during the broadcast. THAT would be a great time to say, "Well, our potential starting B-back had a heck of a week. Marcus Allen had a finals in his chemical engineering classes, barely slept, but tore it up in practice all week! Look for him to have a hell of a game. Heck, most of our guys are enrolled in one of the best business schools in all of the country...how's that for being an SA at an elite institution?!" Another thing that bothers me is how we treat the press. It's funny as fans seeing CPJ take reporters to the carpet, but you reap what you sow. Some fans on here have intimated with pride how CPJ barely speaks to Ken Seguira of the AJC, and how MBob barely acknowledges him. At the end of the day who does that really hurt? When CPJ rips into an ESPN reporter (see Heather Dinich), it's funny, but who is he really hurting? We're not Saban and Alabama who are winning at such a large clip they can pretty much dictate who and what gets access. Our program needs every bit of publicity we can get...but if you're working against the press, you're really working against yourself. If we want exposure, we have to work harder (see: embracing social media, getting into football camps across the Southeast), and work with the press, not against them. [/QUOTE]
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